Phenotypic Response of Two Garlic Varieties to Different Nitrogen Fertilization Grown under Irrigation in Sudan Savannah Ecological Zone of Nigeria

Table 3

Coefficient of phenotypic correlations among the investigated garlic characters as response to different nitrogen rates.

	PH8	PH10	NLs8	NLs10	LA8	LA10	MBD	IBW	NCB	CWB	NB	FBY	CBY
PH8	1
PH10	0.810	1
NLs8	0.881	0.469	1
NLs10	0.420	0.346	0.165	1
LA8	0.897	0.635	0.765	0.750	1
LA10	0.871	0.866	0.562	0.738	0.906	1
MBD	0.761	0.978	0.368	0.509	0.669	0.914	1
IBW	0.624	0.936	0.184	0.511	0.554	0.854	0.982	1
NCB	0.548	0.613	0.188	0.946	0.770	0.876	0.754	0.763	1
CWB	0.524	0.883	0.060	0.531	0.485	0.808	0.949	0.991	0.776	1
NB	0.436	0.880		0.240	0.271	0.648	0.896	0.946	0.540	0.950	1
FBY	0.268	0.768		0.312	0.179	0.577	0.826	0.914	0.583	0.947	0.973	1
CBY	0.474	0.892	0.021	0.346	0.351	0.713	0.926	0.973	0.629	0.979	0.994	0.975	1

Significant at 5%. Highly significant at 1%. PH8: plant height at 8WAS, PH10: plant height at 10WAS, NLs8: number of leaves at 8WAS, NLs10: number of leaves at 10WAS, LA8: leaf area at 8WAS, LA10: leaf area at 10WAS, MBD: matured bulb diameter, IBW: individual bulb weight, NCB: number of cloves per bulb, CWB: cloves weight per bulb, NB: number of bulbs, FBY: fresh bulb yield, and CBY: cured bulb yield.